The grandfather's eyes filled with tears
as he looked around the circle of children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. They had all gathered for their holiday meal and exchange of
gifts. The rest of their evening focused on their traditional sharing of the
year's blessings and their hope for the New Year.

He remembered a time when he would have
depended on his wife to speak for him, but he was a changed man now. When it was
his turn, he leaned forward and spoke confidently.

'I wasted so many years as a Christian. I
wish that I had known what I know now'so late in my life. I was saved, but I
didn't read God's Word. I didn't think I could understand it because I'd only
had schooling up to the seventh grade. Now the Lord talks to me as I read. He
helps me see truth that He wants me to know.'

He made eye contact with each family
member as he continued.

'God wants to talk to us. The
conversations I have with Him have changed my life. Everyday I read His Word and
ask Him questions. I wait before Him, meditate on a verse, and then we talk
about how it relates to life. I am praying for you to discover the wisdom He
wants you to have'the secrets and mysteries on His mind. Don't miss this special
relationship with Him. It is the only way you are going to know His peace that
can guard your heart for the future.'

There was an awkward moment of silence
when he finished, but he trusted God to use his testimony to affect the lives of
his family. He had faith that if they chose to study God's word and hide it in
their hearts, the Holy Spirit would disclose to them the mind of Christ.

Knowing Jesus brings our souls into union
with God and we are made alive in Christ. He is present within us'so we can
practice His presence daily.

Jesus said: 'All that belongs to the
father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and
make it known to you.' (John 16:15)

The Holy Spirit through Paul said:
'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared
for those who love him. The Holy Spirit searches all things, even the deep
things of God. He reveals the nature and will of God. We have not received the
spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what
God has freely given us.'
(1 Corinthians 2:9-10, 12)

The story of the grandfather is true. The
transformation he experienced didn't happen until he was in his seventies. The
family watched a shy, quiet man, who attended church with his wife on Sunday,
become a strong spiritual leader that looks for opportunities to share his
faith.

He experienced the truth that Paul
revealed in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 when he wrote, 'There is nothing like the written
Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another'showing us
truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live
God's way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God
has for us.'

For years, he kept emotions locked
tightly, but as a grandfather he expresses genuine love and frequently weeps as
he talks. He loves to discuss God's word. The Godly character and fruit of the
Spirit he exhibits is the evidence that he has become a partaker of God's divine
nature. (See: 2 Peter 1:4)

Will you accept the challenge of a grandfather who believed what God said and
gained not only personal intimacy with God but also a renewed mind with Godly
insight?

Here's a simply prayer you can
pray, if above all things in this life, you hunger to know God more intimately
as you read the Holy Bible:

'Lord, I want the new life You gave this
man. I want the joy of intimate fellowship with You and the fruit of Your
Spirit. I believe that I can have Your mind in me as I hide Your Word in my
heart.'

For those who have made the Lord Jesus
Christ their Lord and Savior ' fully trusting Him that His sacrifice on the
cross paid full penalty for all their sins, they have this sure and precious
promise:

For what man knows the things of a
man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the
things of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have received, not the spirit
of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that
have been freely given to us by God.

These things we also speak, not in
words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
' 1 Corinthians 2:11-12

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